Social Policy 1990 -2007 Part 2
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- Social Policy 1990 - 2007
- race relations
- appeared to be good progress in relations late 1980s
- seen more multicultural & no mass outbreaks of disorder
- series of riots 1991 & 1992 in towns & cities across Oxford to Newcastle to Burnley involved mainly white young men on deprived council estates
- 1987 election 4 non-white MPs elected - held seats 1992
- progress not always consistent
- 1992 black candidate Cheltenham - Taylor lost to Lib Dems
- rumours of racism from local Tories
- 1992 black candidate Cheltenham - Taylor lost to Lib Dems
- tensions between young black men & police
- 1990s sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers fleeing from Afghanistan, Iraq & Somalia
- also caused many immigrants from New Commonwealth (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) to come to Britain
- concerns over muslim integration in British society due to increasing muslim population
- clear tensions over British values & Islamic beliefs
- appeared to be good progress in relations late 1980s
- workers
- historically, Lab. Party was the party of the workers
- elected 1997 many believed strong connection with the TUs would make them more sympathetic to TU concerns
- however, 1980s decline of TU continues
- % workforce with union membership fell 29% - 26%
- Lab. also did not repeal the TU legislation that had been passed 1979 & 1997
- they were actually openly critical of TUs & strikers
- Lab. preferred to empathise pro-business attitude
- although govt. protected the rights of workers & employers who moved from public to private sector
- they allowed contracting to continue & extended the privatisations of the 1980s & 1990s
- govt. welcomed globalisation as an opportunity for economic growth
- historically, Lab. Party was the party of the workers
- youth
- Lab. govt. focuses a lot on youth
- wanted to be youthful alternative to the Tories
- Blair was young, had 3 school aged children & a fourth born in 2000
- more in touch with the people
- this was an image that was emphasised
- he also hosted a celeb party at Downing Street with youth icons of music, films & fashion
- a key objective was to end social exclusion
- SOcial Exclusion Unit set up 1997
- led to esbt. of Sure Start Centres that helped families with children with guidance & information
- SOcial Exclusion Unit set up 1997
- 1999 Blair pledged to end child poverty in the next 20 year (child tax credit policy helped to bring it down 1/4 by 2005)
- Lab. also aimed 50% to go onto uni
- to produce highly skilled workers to help future economy
- still crime in youth
- Anti-Social Behaviour Disorder (ASBO) introduced
- court order which put limits on what the defendant could do
- breaching was a criminal offence
- by 2005, 46% ASBO to under 17 year olds
- court order which put limits on what the defendant could do
- Anti-Social Behaviour Disorder (ASBO) introduced
- Lab. govt. focuses a lot on youth
- multicultural society
- ripe with ethnic diversity
- 1997-2007 the nature of multicultural Britain was being debated
- globalisation accelerated the movement of people & rapid expansion of the European Union led the way for people to move to Britain
- migrants were unskilled (only some skilled professionals); those who already lived here & students & asylum seekers
- mosques & ethnic churches were apparent, multicultural festivals occurred
- 2012 Olympic Games showed its society
- some people however were alienated from Britain's diverse culture
- also encouraged terrorism
- 7/7 - 52 killed & 21/7 follow up attacks
- ripe with ethnic diversity
- race relations
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